A qualitative comparison of South Africa's geomatics professional body's academic model against industry's understanding of SDI knowledge and skills requirements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11954881 |
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| Authors | Serena Coetzee (0000-0001-8683-8047, University of Pretoria, corresponding author), Victoria Rautenbach (0000-0003-0581-302X, University of Pretoria), Heindrich du Plessis |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-17 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Geography in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8265 • E-ISSN: 1466-1845 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03098265.2014.963794 |
| OpenAlex | W2002844434 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
The South African Spatial Data Infrastructure (SASDI) was established in 2003.Registration of geographical information science (GISc) practitioners by the South African geomatics professional body followed in 2004 and accreditation of university GISc programmes in 2012. In 2010, the Committee for Spatial Information identified inadequate knowledge and skills of GISc practitioners as a challenge for the implementation and maintenance of SASDI. In response, SDI knowledge and skills requirements for GISc professionals were specified by GISc industry representatives and the professional body's academic model was qualitatively compared against these requirements. Results are discussed and improvements recommended
Accreditation · Body of knowledge · Geographic information system · Geography · Geomatics · Geospatial analysis · Knowledge management · Medical education · Pedagogy · Professional development · Remote sensing · Sociology · Competency Development and Evaluation · Computer Science · Delphi Technique in Research · Higher Education Learning Practices · Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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